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Indian medical student crowned Miss World 2017
Indian medical student Manushi Chhillar crowned Miss World 2017 – Photo / Miss World website An Indian medical student has been crowned Miss World following a glamorous event in Chinese today, making...
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Sikh lawyer sits on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission panel
Lawyer Baljit Singh Sidhu (standing, fourth from left) reappointed to a MACC panel – Photo / Supplied Seasoned criminal litigation lawyer Baljit Singh Sidhu gets a two-year extension to sit on a...
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At one time, Ginder Singh Gill owned the largest transport company in Negeri...
Ginder Singh Gill – Photo / Pride of Lions In the late Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century Sikhs dominated transport business in Malaya; this was particularly so in Negeri Sembilan state. In...
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Jagtar Singh Johal: Mastermind of killings or Punjab government’s NRI scapegoat?
Jagtar Singh Johal – Photo at Free Jagtar Singh Johal Facebook page By Jaspreet Oberoi Every time I sat down to pen this piece, I was stopped by a voice within. It shouted to me: “You will be labelled...
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Miri gurdwara gets RM160,000 from Sarawak state
Ting (fifth from left) presents the RM160,000 government fund to Gurmokh Singh, witnessed by other members of the Gurdwara Sahib Miri committee. – Photo / Supplied The Miri gurdwara yesterday received...
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Indian High Commissioner to Australia stopped from entering a Melbourne...
VDEO GRAB showing Gondane talking to one of the protestors The Indian High Commissioner A M Gondane was refused entry into a Sikh temple in Melbourne over the weekend, amid loud protests, reports an...
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Cy-blur gurdwara council
MGC still hopeless at putting social media to work. Insert photo: MGC president Jagir Singh (Main photo: Pixabay) By Hb Singh The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC) is hopeless when it comes to the...
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Jagjit Kaur (1958-2017), Alor Setar
PATH DA BHOG: 10am-12pm, 3 December 2017(Sunday), at at Gudwara Sahib Alor Setar, Kedah | Malaysia Jagjit Kaur (1958-2017), Alor Setar A women with a Beautiful Soul and Golden Heart. She was Great...
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Ekta Club family law issues talk next at Shah Alam on 9 Dec
The talk series on family law issues organised by a group of Sikh professional women will next be in Shah Alam, Selangor, on 9 Dec 2017 (Saturday). The legal talk and legal clinic by Ekta Club of...
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Charanjit Kaur @ Chani (1955-2017), Setapak
PATH DA BHOG: 10am-12pm, 26 Nov 2017 (Sunday), Gurdwara Sahib PULAPOL (Police Depoh), Jalan Gurney, Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia Charanjit Kaur @ Chani (1955-2017), Setapak CHARANJIT KAUR @ CHANI d/o late...
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Lawyer Rupinder Bains first Asian to join English football’s governing body
Rupinder Bains – Photo / The FA Rupinder Bains, the founder and managing director of UK law firm Pinder Reaux & Associates, has been appointed to the FA Board which runs a hugely popular soccer...
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Why I got hooked to Samelans
CHAA TIME: Break session at the SNSM’s Annual Gurmat Parchaar Samelan 2016 at Khalsa Land in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Malaysia – Photo / Asia Samachar For decades and for generations past, there has always...
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Cy-blur or Organisational Strategy – Letter from MGC
Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC) president Jagir Singh responds to an Asia Samachar article entitled ‘Cy-blur gurdwara Council’. MGC headquarters in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. It is located just outside...
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American Sikh Council supports complete boycott of Indian government...
Press Release | November 23, 2017 | ASC supports complete boycott of Indian government officials at all Gurdwaras One of the prime responsibilities of Indian government officials from the Indian...
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MGC annual women gathering starts tomorrow
Minder Kaur taking a group photo with her friends from Malacca who are attending the two-day MGC Istri Satsang Semagam in Malacca on 10 Dec 2016 – PHOTO / ASIA SAMACHAR The Malaysian Gurdwaras Council...
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Toronto uni startup Trexo Robotics takes another step forward with children’s...
16681 Manmeet Maggu and Rahul Udasi, pictured here shortly after completing U of T’s Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program, took home first prize in a Sunnybrook Hospital pitch competition...
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Air India plans two direct weekly Birmingham-Amritsar flights
Photo Caption (left to right): William Pearson, Aviation Director, Birmingham Airport and Mr Pankaj Srivastava, Director – Commercial and Board Member of Air India – Photo / Birmingham Airport Website...
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Beautiful faces & beautiful minds
Beautiful faces are everywhere, but beautiful minds are hard to find…Toonistbains. Quote of the day drawing inspired by Marco Melgrati. [ASIA SAMACHAR is an online newspaper for Sikhs in Southeast...
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Malaysian deputy minister says atheism unconstitutional, but interfaith group...
Jagir Singh (left), Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki Malaysia’s largest interfaith group has challenged the assertion by a Malaysian government official that atheism is unconstitutional. An official of the...
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Singapore Sikhs told to prepare for major disruptions
ALL SMILES: Singapore Senior Minister of State Chee Hong Tat in a group photo with graduates of YSA’s Young Leaders Programme – Photo / Asia Samachar By Hb Singh The role of Government, existing Sikh...
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